Network automation is now in the spotlight as the heart and brains of the terrestrial broadcast network as the trend towards multiplexing and shared infrastructure become financially and operationally viable.
Set Your Sites on a Neutral Host (pdf 1911kb)
Discussion Paper
2006
Broadcasters seeking to "go digital" can take heart from the many options now available. One that is growing in popularity is the outsourcing of delivery infrastructure which allows the broadcaster to retain resources to focus on the business of content.
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Could Television Bridge Asia's ICT Divide? (pdf 149kb)
Written by Chris Jaeger
Managing Director - International Business
November 2006
Digital television, with its powerful multistream 'infocast' functionality, could underping a free-to-air ICT revolution across Asia.
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TV Delivery: The New Commodity (pdf 38kb)
Written by Chris Jaeger
Managing Director - International Business
July/August 2006
With television growing beyond the free-to-air experience, terrrestrial broadcast infrastructure is no longer the heart of broadcasting - it's now just one of multiple delivery modes. This paves the way for broadcast transmission specialists to relieve this burden from content providers.
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The Future of Handheld Services (pdf 47kb)
Written by Clive Morton
Broadcast Services Director
July 2006
Clive Morton discusses the six largely inter-related areas of Technology Platform Choices; Handsets; Content Rights; Regulatory Environment; Consumer Behaviour and Business Model that need to be adressed in order to establish mobile media services as commercial reality.
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Deploying DTT: From Start to Finish (pdf 55kb)
Written by Stephen Farrugia
Engineering Director
June 2006
'Going Digital' means a whole lot more than just change of exciter in the transmitter. DTT deployments also involve detailed coverage modelling, careful equipment selection and skilled installation and maintenance teams.
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Set Your Sites on a Neutral Host (pdf 47kb)
Written by Chris Jaeger
Managing Director - International Business
May 2006
Broadcasters seeking to 'go digital' can take heart from the many options now available - one that is growing in popularity is the outsourcing of delivery infrastructure, which allows the broadcasters to retain resources to focus on the business content.
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Large Area Single Frequency Networks: A Field Study into the Practical Applications (pdf 277kb)
SFN’s (Single Frequency Networks) provide the opportunity for a number of transmission sites to operate on the same frequency, thus optimizing available spectrum and rationalizing site requirements. In this paper, Doug Iles (Media Systems Manager) discusses the usage of SFN’s over large areas.
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